self-satisfaction; self-complacency; understanding (on one's own); realizing (through one's own ability); being paid back for one's deeds
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
shoji (paper sliding door)
to stand in (someone's) place; to be in a (certain) position
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
living thing; organism; creature; biology
along the way; along the road
Japan's best; number one in Japan
in the mountains; among the mountains
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
100,000; hundred thousand
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
very rich person; the super rich
big mouth; mouth opened wide; boastful speech; tall talk; large amount; large quantity
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
dozens; scores of; decades
unusual tree; rare tree; strange tree
(arch.) difference (from one another); (arch.) different thing; (arch.) other; unusual; extraordinary
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
to increase; to add to; to augment
study; research; investigation
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
eradication; extermination; rooting out; stamping out; getting rid of
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
splash pattern (e.g. on a kimono); dye pattern; kasuri
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
stripe; bar; streak; (weaved) stripe pattern (of 2 or more different colors)
to name; to call; to christen; to term